Upgrading to a newer version of Perl, but leaving your system Perl alone, is easy with
Perlbrew. It even allows you to compile a version of Perl yourself without much trouble.
CountZero
A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James
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